Murder Of Birds chords by Jesca Hoop

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: BbmBbm

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
DbDb AbAb BbmBbm  x2
Eb MajorEb  BbmBbm AbAb
Eb MajorEb  DbDb  BbmBbm
Eb MajorEb BbmBbm  DbDb BbmBbm

Verse 1:
DbDb    AbAb
I'm not a bird
   BbmBbm
I'm a murder of birds
DbDb  AbAb
Shifting my shape
         BbmBbm
When your tongue finds the words

Chorus:
        Eb MajorEb
Like I hate you when I
       BbmBbm
Love you the most
Eb MajorEb    DbDb
Love you the most
Eb MajorEb    DbDb BbmBbm
Love you the most

Verse 2:
   DbDb     Eb MajorEb
This shape of a snake
     BbmBbm
In a defensive coil
DbDb     AbAb
Same retracted lips
        BbmBbm
Of the one foolish girl

Chorus:
        Eb MajorEb
Says she hates you when she
       BbmBbm
Loves you the most
Eb MajorEb      DbDb
Loves you the most
Eb MajorEb
Loves you

After chorus:
  GbGb    DbDb GbGb BB  Eb MajorEb BbmBbm  Eb MajorEb
And I’ve got demons when I, need 'em
E MajorE
Don't ask to see them
Eb MajorEb               DbDb
They're not supposed to be used against
  AbAb  BB GbGb BbmBbm
You oh

Verse 4:
DbDb
Can we build a safe house
BB      DbDb
Far from the bitter bride
           AbAb
And we'll make a home with a brown recluse
    BB      DbDb
And the cobra locked outside

Verse 5:
              AbAb
For the spider we'll give a web
       BB  GbGb
To the cobra a lullaby
  DbDb
And keeping the demons happy
     BB      GbGb
You make free for me to fly

Verse 6:
    Eb MajorEb       BB
And the shape of home baked bread
BbmBbm        DbDb
And the girl in a turned down bed
   Eb MajorEb       BB
And a wick of twisted thread
     BbmBbm     DbDb
From the loving words you said
BB
Birds

Instrumental:
DbDb    BbmBbm   Eb MajorEb DbDb BbmBbm DbDb BbmBbm
Eb MajorEb  BbmBbm  Eb MajorEb  BbmBbm Eb MajorEb BbmBbm Eb MajorEb BbmBbm DbDb Eb MajorEb BbmBbm

Verse 7:
  DbDb     AbAb
And I think I’m alone
     BbmBbm   Eb MajorEb
In desire for grace
 DbDb     AbAb
Fire only shimmered
       BbmBbm
And I’m no longer safe

Chorus:
BbmBbm
I say I hate you and I
Eb MajorEb      DbDb
Love you the most
BbmBbm Eb MajorEb   DbDb
Love you the most
   Eb MajorEb    BbmBbm Eb MajorEb BbmBbm
Love you the most

Verse 8:
    DbDb
This shape of my breast
AbAb       BbmBbm
And a shape of my kiss
DbDb
Demented coil
AbAb         BbmBbm
With a slither and hiss

Chorus:
BbmBbm
Said I hate you and I
Eb MajorEb      BbmBbm
Love you the most
Eb MajorEb      DbDb
Love you the most
Eb MajorEb
Love you

After chorus:
  GbGb    DbDb   AbAb   BB
And I’ve got demons when I need 'em
E MajorE
Don't ask to see them
Eb MajorEb               DbDb
They're not supposed to be used against
  AbAb
You oh

Instrumental:
BB  GbGb BbmBbm DbDb  AbAb  BB GbGb DbDb

Verse 9:
        AbAb
Can we build a safe house
BB      GbGb
Far from the bitter bride
DbDb          AbAb
And we'll make a home with a brown recluse
    BB   DbDb    BbmBbm
And the cobra locked outside

Verse 10:
DbDb
To the spider we'll give a web
       BB   DbDb
To the cobra a lullaby
              AbAb
And keeping the demons happy
         GbGb
You make free for me to fly

Verse 11:
    DbDb       BB
And the shape of home baked bread
BbmBbm        DbDb
And the girl in a turned down bed
   Eb MajorEb       BB
And a wick of twisted thread
     BbmBbm     DbDb
From the loving words you said
BB
Birds

Verse 12:
  Eb MajorEb       BB  BbmBbm
The shape of home baked bread
         DbDb
And the girl in a turned down bed
   Eb MajorEb       BB
And a wick of twisted thread
     BbmBbm     DbDb
From the loving words you said
BB Eb MajorEb
Birds

Instrumental 2:
BB  DbDb  GbGb BB
DbDb BB  GbGb BB
DbDb  AbAb  BbmBbm   DbDb  AbAb  BbmBbm

Outro:
DbDb        AbAb
'Cause I’m not a bird
       BbmBbm N.C.
I'm a murder of, birds